The 1979 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 11 to 17 at the Moose Jaw Civic Centre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.[1] The tournament only consisted of a men's event.[2]
1979 World Junior Curling Championships | |
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Host city | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Dates | March 11–17 |
Men's winner | United States (1st title) |
Skip | Donald Barcome Jr. |
Third | Randy Darling |
Second | Bobby Stalker |
Lead | Earl Barcome |
Finalist | Scotland (Andrew McQuistin) |
« 1978 1980 » |
Teams
editCountry | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
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Canada | Darren Fish | Lorne Barker | Murray Ursulak | Randy Ursuliak | |
Denmark | Tommy Stjerne | Oluf Olsen | Steen Hansen | Peter Andersen | Hvidovre CC |
France | Claude Feige | Gilles Marin-Pache | Gerard Ravello | Christophe Boan | |
West Germany | Roland Jentsch | Hans-Joachim Burba | Wolfgang Burba | Werner Kolb | |
Italy | Massimo Alvera | Franco Sovilla | Stefano Morona | Dennis Ghezze | Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo |
Norway | Sjur Loen | Morten Skaug | Olav Saugstad | Tom Sørlundsengen | Brumunddal CC, Oslo |
Scotland | Andrew McQuistin | Neale McQuistin | Hugh Aitken | Dick Adams | |
Sweden | Tony Eng | Sören Grahn | Lars Grengmark | Anders Svennerstedt | Karlstads CK, Karlstad |
Switzerland | Eric Rudolph | Manuel Guiger | Pasqual Bianchi | Tony Weil | |
United States | Donald Barcome Jr. | Randy Darling | Bobby Stalker | Earl Barcome | Grand Forks CC, North Dakota |
Round robin
editPlace | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada | * | 4:8 | 6:5 | 6:4 | 6:5 | 5:4 | 9:7 | 6:4 | 10:5 | 11:2 | 8 | 1 |
2 | United States | 8:4 | * | 7:3 | 5:6 | 6:5 | 9:3 | 6:7 | 6:3 | 7:5 | 10:2 | 7 | 2 |
3 | Norway | 5:6 | 3:7 | * | 8:7 | 6:4 | 4:6 | 5:2 | 9:6 | 7:5 | 8:4 | 6 | 3 |
4 | Scotland | 4:6 | 6:5 | 7:8 | * | 5:3 | 7:3 | 2:7 | 13:2 | 6:5 | 7:6 | 6 | 3 |
5 | Switzerland | 5:6 | 5:6 | 4:6 | 3:5 | * | 6:5 | 8:7 | 6:4 | 4:2 | 6:5 | 5 | 4 |
6 | Denmark | 4:5 | 3:9 | 6:4 | 3:7 | 5:6 | * | 4:2 | 6:4 | 11:5 | 9:4 | 5 | 4 |
7 | Sweden | 7:9 | 7:6 | 2:5 | 7:2 | 7:8 | 2:4 | * | 7:4 | 7:6 | 6:4 | 5 | 4 |
8 | Italy | 4:6 | 3:6 | 6:9 | 2:13 | 4:6 | 4:6 | 4:7 | * | 9:6 | 7:5 | 2 | 7 |
9 | France | 5:10 | 5:7 | 5:7 | 5:6 | 2:4 | 5:11 | 6:7 | 6:9 | * | 11:5 | 1 | 8 |
10 | Germany | 2:11 | 2:10 | 4:8 | 6:7 | 5:6 | 4:9 | 4:6 | 5:7 | 5:11 | * | 0 | 9 |
- Teams to playoffs
Playoffs
editSemifinal | Gold Medal Game | ||||||||
1 | Canada | 3 | |||||||
4 | Scotland | 5 | |||||||
1 | Scotland | 4 | |||||||
3 | United States | 5 | |||||||
2 | United States | 7 | |||||||
3 | Norway | 4 | Bronze medal game | ||||||
1 | Canada | 8 | |||||||
3 | Norway | 4 |
Final standings
editPlace | Team | Games played |
Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 11 | 9 | 2 | |
Scotland | 11 | 7 | 4 | |
Canada | 11 | 9 | 2 | |
4 | Norway | 11 | 6 | 5 |
5 | Switzerland | 9 | 5 | 4 |
6 | Denmark | 9 | 5 | 4 |
7 | Sweden | 9 | 5 | 4 |
8 | Italy | 9 | 2 | 7 |
9 | France | 9 | 1 | 8 |
10 | Germany | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Awards
edit- WJCC Sportsmanship Award: Andrew McQuistin
All-Star Team:
- Skip: Sjur Loen
- Third: Lorne Barker
- Second: Hugh Aitken
- Lead: Randy Ursuliak
References
edit- ^ "Tempo picking up for world junior final". Regina Leader-Post. March 19, 1979.
- ^
- Results from the World Curling Federation